Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : readahead Version : 1.0.1 Upstream Author : Thom May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : ftp://ftp.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/r/readahead/ * License : ??? Description : read files into the page cache
readahead allows the user to specify a list of files to be read into the page cache, to accelerate loading of programs. One of the tricks used by Fedore and Ubuntu to speed up the boot process is to keep a list of files used during boot, and make sure these files are loaded into the page cache as early as possible in the boot process. <URL:http://www.fooishbar.org/blog//tech/ubuntu/fastBootMiniBoF-2004-12-09-13-45.html> contains some of the story behind the improvements done in ubuntu. We should implenent this improvement in Debian as well, and I intend to package this software for debian. Unfortunately, this package seem to work only with 2.6 kernels. There is also the related readahead-list package, and I intend to package this too. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]